Chapter 546 The Early-Death Bystander in the Reborn Mother-in-Law Novel (14)

On the day of her wedding, Jiang Yue got up early to get busy. She had an important task today: she had to cook all the dishes for the banquet, which would be delicious, economical, and impressive.

The wedding process is not complicated nowadays. Jiang Yue was busy in the kitchen, but the noise outside kept coming in. Zhao Juan was tending the fire for Jiang Yue and cooking. Zhao Juan took the initiative to do the work of tending the fire because she wanted Jiang Yue to taste the food so that she could eat more.

After the last dish was served, Jiang Yue's task was complete. She went out to take a look and, wow, the tables where people ate quickly were empty. She looked at her "plastic sisters," who had been waiting for her to eat together, but when Jiang Yue saw that there was nothing left, they gave her an awkward smile.

Jiang Yue leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed, her eyelids fluttering. She had long seen through this fake sisterhood. She took out the food she had saved for herself, and the two of them set aside their own food from the start, even leaving a fish for themselves. They shooed away the ones who had finished eating to make room for two seats, and then they began to eat.

Midway through the meal, the older brother arrived with his wife. Although Jiang Yue was the younger sister, she had put in a lot of effort for her brother's wedding, so she felt she should thank her. The sister-in-law even secretly slipped Jiang Yue a red envelope, which Jiang Yue accepted without hesitation.

After the meal, someone started helping to clean up. The borrowed tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks were all returned, as was the temporary stove that was set up. All of these had to be returned to the owners so that their things wouldn't be damaged during the wedding.

It was almost time for everyone to leave. As the weather turned cold, the Jiang family went back inside. There were still some messy things left in the house that hadn't been tidied up. The sister-in-law wanted to help, but Jiang's mother stopped her and also sent the eldest brother back inside, telling the young couple to just rest.

Jiang Yue went to bed very early at night because she was afraid of hearing something she shouldn't hear. When Jiang Yue woke up the next day, her sister-in-law and older brother were also awake. Even Jiang's mother was grumbling about why her sister-in-law didn't sleep in a little longer, since they didn't have to go to work that day.

"Mom, I usually wake up around this time, it's a habit."

"Hey, Mom will steam some egg custard for you. I was thinking you'd be a little late."

"No need, Mom, you don't need to make it for me separately."

"Sister-in-law, you eat. There are still plenty of eggs at home. I exchanged quite a few before."

Today's breakfast was leftovers from yesterday, not leftovers from others. It's impossible to cook exactly that many dishes, so Jiang Yue always cooks a little extra to avoid running out. That's how it ended up being leftovers, and everything was clean.

After dinner, Jiang Yue and her father went to work. Jiang's mother took her sister-in-law to meet the people in the compound. Her older brother whispered some comments to her. Afterward, Jiang's mother had her older brother take her sister-in-law while she and Aunt Wang went fishing and catching rabbits.

When it was time to eat lunch, Jiang Yue went to the cafeteria. Actually, she didn't really want to go, thinking it would just be the usual cabbage, potatoes, and radishes. But today they made meat, and when Jiang Yue went over to eat, she found it was ribs. Wow, not bad!

Unfortunately, the chef's skills weren't very good. The best chefs were all in state-run restaurants or large factories. The chef at Jiang Yue's workplace was an apprentice of the head chef at a state-run restaurant, and the station chief had personally invited him.

While taking a nap at noon, Jiang Yue learned some good news. Because she was too bored at night, she thought about buying a radio or a TV. Buying a new radio would be a problem, as money and tickets were both necessary. Although Jiang Yue was capable of getting one, she needed to do it through legitimate channels, since she couldn't just conjure up a cell phone out of thin air.

The good news is that Jiang Yue asked the people at the station to keep an eye out for any broken radios and to let her know if they found any. One of the salesmen at the station encountered one while he was out today. Someone had a broken radio, but the repairman couldn't find the cause and wanted to sell it, but didn't want to sell it for scrap value.

"Brother Zhang, what's wrong with his radio?"

"They said they couldn't receive the station, and they've had several people fix it, but none of them could."

"Does he want thirty yuan?"

"Hmm, I think it's a bit expensive. Do you want to wait a little longer? Although these things are rare, you can still come across a few a year."

Are you going there again this afternoon?

"You want to go there? What, you want to buy it?"

"Hmm, thirty yuan is too expensive. Brother Zhang, I'll give you twenty. Ask him if he'll sell it. If not, then forget it."

"You really want to buy it? Even the mechanics can't fix it. If you buy it and it can't be fixed, won't you just be wasting your money?"

"It's okay. I'm quite curious about this. I've taught myself some repair knowledge. If I can't fix it, I'll just consider it a lesson learned."

"Okay, I'll try to get you a lower price."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Brother Zhang."

After Brother Zhang left, Jiang Yue returned to her office. She checked the time and realized she could still take a nap, so she added some firewood to the stove, closed the door, and continued sleeping.

Zhang Ge came back in the afternoon, bringing the radio with him: "Here you go, I paid fifteen yuan to get it, take a look."

Jiang Yue thanked Brother Zhang, took the radio and looked at it. It was well preserved and protected by a leather case. She took the radio out and examined it. It was a Hongqi 803 (produced by Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3).

I put down the radio and looked inside. There was a circuit diagram and a letter inside. The circuit diagram must have been put there by the repairman. I opened the letter and read that the owner had written about three repair experiences. At first, the radio couldn't receive stations, then the parts that were replaced, and now the radio wasn't working.

It was clear that the original owner cherished this machine. After putting down the envelope, Jiang Yue picked up the radio and looked at it. She saw that there were batteries, but after turning it on and waiting for a while, there was no response. She had no choice but to open it up and take a look.

Find a multimeter and other repair tools. These are available at the station, so there's no need to borrow them. Instead of rushing to disassemble, Jiang Yue first replaced two batteries to check if they were dead. However, even after replacing the batteries, there was still no response.

Now we have to take it apart to see what's going on. According to the repair records written by the original owner, all the easily broken parts have been replaced and all the necessary tests have been performed. It shouldn't be like this. The first time it was repaired, it still couldn't receive any stations, and then the whole thing stopped responding.

Before I even looked at it properly, I noticed a problem: the battery polarity was reversed. Who did this? Could it be that an apprentice used it for practice? I can't rule out that possibility. Even experienced masters wouldn't make such a mistake.

After fixing the first problem, she continued troubleshooting, completely unaware that a large group of people had gathered around her. After checking for a while, she found that an audio transformer was burnt out. There were no replacement parts available at the moment, so she decided to go to a radio equipment store the next day.

After identifying these two problems, Jiang Yue continued testing, but couldn't find any other issues for the time being. Could it be that it was fixed already? This was a bit unexpected for Jiang Yue, but for now, she could only wait until she could buy the parts and replace them before seeing how it went.